AltWeeklies Wire
Talking Unionnew
There’s a curious thing about talking union. It’s not cool. Unions ain’t cool. They’re so not cool you’ll notice almost nobody writes about them. They ain’t trendy. But they’re the coming thing.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
05-27-2014 |
Commentary
Tags: Labor unions
Mrs. Truth, Mr. Humanitynew
I first visited Battle Creek's monument to Sojourner Truth, an illiterate woman who shed her slave name and chose "Truth," saying "... and truth shall be my abiding name."
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
05-22-2014 |
Commentary
A Scary Apparition From the Desertnew
The other night on MSNBC, Rachael Maddow talked about Col. William P. Gale, the man who created the Posse Comitatus, Christian Identity and Aryan Nation movements.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
05-06-2014 |
Commentary
Los Angeles Police Commission Comes to Town
A few things that I didn't get to say in two minutes
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
04-16-2014 |
Commentary
Getting Older, Not Always Gracefullynew
Getting older was supposed to be easier than this--more like a wonderful long vacation. But of course, it hasn't been that way. My wife left me just before I turned 70 and I’m still not getting along with it too well a couple of years later. I don’t have enough on Social Security to survive, so I'm still working part time at my old high-stress journalism job. And becoming something of a lonely and grumpy old man in the process.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
03-24-2014 |
Commentary
The Future Governor From Newhall, Calif.new
The obituary notice of a four-term California assemblyman who died at 86 the other day brought back memories of an odd and jarring time in my youth when he hired me to write a philosophy because he was then an aspiring politician.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
03-06-2014 |
Commentary
Tags: Jim Keysor
Talking Unionnew
There's a curious thing about talking union. It's not cool. Unions ain't cool. They're so not cool you'll notice almost nobody writes about them. They ain't trendy. But they're the coming thing.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
02-19-2014 |
Commentary
I Am Not Impressed With Dr. Kingnew
I was not one precious little bit impressed with the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C. I was stunned at just how unmoved I was.
Jackson Free Press |
Carole Cannon |
01-16-2014 |
Commentary
What’s Wrong With Today’s Journalism?
Journalism now and then...
Random Lengths News |
By Lionel Rolfe |
01-15-2014 |
Commentary
Trayvon, Black Manhood and Lovenew
I want to be loved by an unreasonable love that knows the only reason we're still here, breathing, imagining, fighting, wandering and wondering is because of the unreasonable work of a small but committed group of black southern unreasonable lovers.
Jackson Free Press |
Kiese Laymon |
01-09-2014 |
Commentary
Don’t Assume I’m Angrynew
I am so sick of hearing about the "mad black woman," whether it's directed at the first lady or someone right here in Jackson.
Jackson Free Press |
Funmi F. Franklin |
01-02-2014 |
Commentary
Tags: mad black woman
Overcoming Ableismnew
When my twins were diagnosed with autism at age 2, I did what most parents do: I learned how to advocate for my kids.
Jackson Free Press |
Laurie Bertram Roberts |
01-02-2014 |
Commentary
Penelope Sudrownew
Lionel Rolfe meets actress Penelope Sudrow.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
12-27-2013 |
Commentary
Build an Army for Kids, Not Against Themnew
Many Mississippians are familiar with people who were raised on the slavery-spawned myth that people of color are more violent, which served as a primary justification to keep segregation and even lynching in place; nearly always, an alleged crime was the rationale.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-19-2013 |
Commentary
Obama Will Go Down In History As One of Our Greatest Presidentsnew
In my mind, there's little doubt that Barack Obama will go down in history as one of our greatest presidents. He is presiding over a country almost as torn by divisions as it was in the civil war. Our greatest presidents come out of troubled times.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
09-30-2013 |
Commentary
